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The new season starts in exactly 60 days and one of the hautest carryover trends from the Spring 2018 season is, without doubt, the dad sneakers or the dad shoe.

For those of you new to this terminology, the “dad sneaker” is a piece of footwear considered pretty comfortable with a chunky aesthetic and striking presence. This particular style became popular during the late 90’s and the ealy 00’s but within the fashion world, I personally think this trend was originally started by Raf Simons with his Ozweego and Response Trail 2 sneakers for Adidas (all this back in 2013).

From supermodels to influencers and even high-end fashion designers, everyone is having their own piece of the dad sneaker cake but not every chunky sneakers is part of this trend. For example, New Balance has been doing chunky sneakers since their inception but due to a few details and differences they are not the common dad sneaker as we know it now.

The poster piece for this trend is the amazing Triple S Sneakers, an iconic excerpt from Balenciaga’s FW17-18 Season because it fulfills all the main aspects of the dad sneaker:

Since the release of the Triple S sneakers, a lot of brands and fashion houses like Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Yeezy, Vetements, Brandblack, Nike, Adidas and fast-fashion gurus like ZARA are replicating this heavy style within their collections. For that reason, today I wanted to show you 8 of my favorite dad sneakers which you can buy now online or at your favorite retailer at different steps of the main price range ($70 to $1.200 USD)..

As you can see, this is another example on how street culture is a huge influence within high-end fashion and inspiration is definitely everywhere. The concepts of fashion are changing and maybe somehow in the future that crazy piece you are considering in donating or gifting will become the most iconic classic of the upcoming seasons #LOL.

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